REVENUE BOOST AS KRA TO COLLECT 1.4B FROM A TRADER

Kenya Revenue Authority set to collect over one billion Kenya shillings from a trader after winning an appeal at Tax Tribunal. PHOTO /SAMUEL MIGELE

Boost as Kenya Revenue Authority to collect over one billion as tax from a trader

 

 

 

 

By Samuel Migele

 

 

 

 

The Tax Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal) has dismissed an Appeal fil

ed by Jhulay LAL Commodities Ltd on grounds that the firm had fail

ed to prove that Kenya Revenue

Authority’s (KRA) assessment was excessive.

 

 

 

 

Jhulay LAL’s principal activity is the wholesale and retail sale of rice

sourced from Pakistan. Jhulay LAL Commodities Ltd appealed the d

ecision of KRA contesting that the entire tax of Kshs. 1,456,433,604.0

0 demanded. The main grounds of the appeal was that the Commissi

oner determined the taxable income on the basis of its gross bankin

gs against the basic accounting principles and tax law.

 

 

 

 

KRA successfully argued that it made the assessment after an investi

gation revealed several irregularities including unexplained bank d

eposits and that the sales of

the rice exceeded the amounts imported.

 

 

 

 

The Tribunal reviewed the evidence as presented by both parties an

d held that KRA exercised its powers judiciously to make the decisio

n based on the material before it.

 

 

 

 

The Tribunal held that the Jhulay LAL Commodities Ltd failed to pro

ve that the assessment was excessive and dismissed the appeal.

About The Author

Leave a Commment

Leave a Comment